A Korean Better Tomorrow... Not

It's Jang Dong-Gun and Rain and HK's Louis Koo ! According to the HK news media, the movie will be shot in Seoul and on location in HK and China. Target date July to August.
I couldn't believe my eyes when I read the news this morning.

Some executive saw MARATHON and thought, "This guy is perfect for a big budget A Better Tomorrow remake!"

maybe they thought he could throw in the over-possessive mommy and please the Korean fans.

Kim Soo-Mi as Mark's mommy would be pretty bad ass, actually.

'Mother, fate awaits me. We might not see each other again'
'무슨 옘병... 가라 이 XX놈아.."

Zebras instead of doves. I hope there's a scene where Rain is standing on a subway platform screaming "우리형은 깡패에요! 두목이에요!"

Hey, at least 희나리 will be sung in its original Korean.

They force him to confess who's his brother, and he goes:
우리형은... 백만불짜리 다... 음... 건달!

Guys, guys, don't write in Korean please. Have mercy on monolingual folks like me. ^__^

I love A Better Tomorrow. My two HK favorites - Leslie Cheung and Chow Yun-fatt - in one great movie. Just wondering... are the sequels any good? I see A Better Tomorrow II (is there also a III?) all the time in the stores here but am not a fan of sequels.

oh, we're just playing silly. You're not missing anything. ^_^

There's indeed two sequels. No. 2 is a sort of parody of the first, and the third (directed by Tsui Hark) is pretty much useless. But don't take my word for it. I like ABT and The Killer, but not exactly a John Woo fan.

thunderbolt, i definately think you should check out ABT 2. I haven't seen the third. But, 2 has one of the most insane shootouts ever at the end. It's a must-buy in my opinion.

ABT2 is a shameless OTT heroic bloodshed classic. One of my favorite theater experiences was seeing the ABT 1&2 dbl-feature at the Santa Monica NUART back in 1990 (before the HK vogue caught on in the US festival circuit), and hearing the non-familiars applaud wildly during the Taxi Driver inspired motel shootout and that crazy bloody finale.

I quite enjoyed the Tsui-directed ABT3 also, but it's more a romance amidst a political turmoil flick than Heroic Bloodshed. Park Chan Wook actually gave it a glowing review in HOMAGE, an indispensable collection of his past film reviews/essays. Caught this one first run when I was in Seoul in 1999, and the crowd reception was fairly tepid, as they were in the mood for some Woo-styled bloodletting.

1989, rather. Man, I'm old.